<div dir="ltr"><font size="4">I weeded through my reference section a bunch of years ago. So much of it was dusty, musty, out of date, and generally unused. I only kept books that were either high interest or were here to support the curriculum. I relabled them and placed them in the nonfiction section. </font><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Anything that was out of date was immediately "recycled." Items that were in decent shape but didn't go with the curriculum were first offered up to staff and then recycled as well. Our art teacher took a lot of books that had colorful pictures for students to use in art classes.</font><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#0000ff" size="4" face="times new roman, serif"><strong><em>Amanda Kuzminski</em></strong></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="times new roman, serif"><strong><em>Library Media Specialist</em></strong></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="1" face="times new roman, serif">Orland Junior High School</font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="1" face="times new roman, serif">Orland Park, IL</font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" face="times new roman, serif">708-364-4214</font></div><div><font face="garamond,serif" size="2" color="#351c75"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="2" color="#351c75"><b>The single clenched fist lifted and ready, or the open asking hand held out and waiting. Choose: for we meet by one or the other.<br></b></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="2" color="#351c75"><b> - <font style="font-style:italic">Carl Sandburg</font></b></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 10:19 AM Annette Davis via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div dir="ltr">Hello, all!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I need your input and perspective and advice, please! I am moving books around in my library (I got new shelves!). What do I do with the books that were in the reference section? Do I keep a reference section? Do I integrate those books into the nonfiction section? Are some books too old to keep? Do you have a reference section? Why or why not? Any other ideas, suggestions, input? I welcome any and all ideas! Thank you!!!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Annette Davis</div><div dir="ltr">K-12 Media Director</div><div dir="ltr">PCHS RtI Coach</div><div dir="ltr">Itinerant Teacher for Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Putnam County High School</div><div dir="ltr">402 E. Silverspoon Ave.</div><div dir="ltr">Granville, IL 61326</div><div dir="ltr">815-882-2800, option 4</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:davisa@pcschools535.org" target="_blank">davisa@pcschools535.org</a></div></div></div>MAILMAN_MIMEDEFANG<br>
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